Visit the UK’s leading indoor agricultural event, with eleven packed halls of the very latest in agricultural machinery and equipment. Now at the NEC, Birmingham this is free to attend and free to park.

Study seeks best practice for rhizoctonia control in OSR #clubhectare #arable

An aggressive soil-borne pathogen of oilseed rape (OSR) R. solani can kill seedlings before or soon after they emerge. This is typically more problematic in close rotations, says AHDB.

One particular disease strain, AG2–1, is the main focus of the study because it is known to be associated with severe damping-off and has been shown to significantly impact on several root system traits of OSR.

Currently, there are no disease resistant varieties and management of this disease is often dependent on the use of fungicides, according to AHDB.

The project will look to identify genetic traits associated with resistance to R. solani in OSR, increase knowledge of disease epidemiology and yield loss, and investigate the potential of low-dose seed treatments targeted at soil-borne disease.